[ 5') ] a Difcerning Power to judge with whom they ihould hold Communion. . But ifour Defenders of a Forreign Power fay true,- then the Univerfal Judge ( Pope or Pre– lates) may Judge and Excommunicate Kings who they think deferve .it. And iffo, not only Juf– tice, but Humanity requiretl1 that fuch Kings be firfi heard fpeak fQr themfelves, and anfwer their Accufers Face to Face. And this can feldom be well done by proxy, as the Prelates.will not Ex· communicate the Proxies or Advocates only. And rnuH all Emperors and Kings travel no Man knows whither or how far to anfwer every fuch - ' accufation, and that at the Bar of a Priefi, that's Subjett to another Prince, (perhaps his Enemy ;J And if it be at an Univerfal Council, the King of Englandmay be Summoned to America or Conftan– tinople, at nearefi, if they mufi be indifferently called together. . XVIII. The Church of England' is not for Po– pery, but againft it: But the DoCtrine ofan Uni– verfal Church Soveraign under Chrifi, is Popery; by the Confeffion of Prote.fiants and Papifis. I. Protefiants ordinarily tank the Papifis into thefe forts, differing from each other. r. Thofe that place the Univerfal Supream Power in me Pope alone, (which are moft of the Italians that dwell near him.) 2. Thofe that place it in a Pope and General Council agreeing, (which are the greatefi number.) 3. Thofe that place it in aGeneral Council as above the Pope, efpecially if they difagree. 4· Thofe that place it in the Uni– verfal Church real or diffufive. See Dr. Cha!loner in his Crede Ecclefiam Catholicam, dekribing thefe four forts .of Papifis.. ·E 4 II. And •
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